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whiskers

whiskers

1 1.0
Hair that grows on a man's cheeks and chin
  • noun
  • /ˈwɪskərz/
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  • He decided to grow a beard, but he often trimmed the whiskers on his cheeks.

Like we can, we can get older and age and get the the, the grey whiskers, more wrinkles.

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Examples

  • He's got these wild little whiskers and super beautiful fish.

  • Oh, OK, you got the the the curly whiskers, curly whiskers and that WAVY fur.

  • That's that actually lots of very well known older women have this kind of whiskers on the faces.

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  • After a month without shaving, his whiskers were starting to show.

  • His whiskers were a bit unruly, so he used a comb to tame them.

Synonyms

beard
vswhiskers
283 1.0

Hair that grows on a man's or an animal's chin, cheeks, and jaw

is focused on lower face hairs, not the full jaw coverage
facial hair
vswhiskers
26 1.0

Hair that grows on the face, like a beard or mustache

is limited to the lower face rather than all face regions
stubble
vswhiskers
15 4.2

Short stiff hairs on a man's face after a few days without shaving

is general hair on the lower face, not specifically short or recent

Compounds

side-whiskers
1 7.9

A strip of hair on each side of a man's face in front of the ears

How Hairy

beard
283 1.0
whiskers
1 1.0
stubble
15 4.2

Surface Forms

whisker singular
whiskers plural

Morphology

whiskers = whisker (transparent) = whisker + s

Regular plural formation from the noun 'whisker' meaning facial hair; the plural meaning is directly derived and obvious to learners.

Etymology

Whiskers is easy to remember if you think of the short word whisk, which means 'to sweep' or 'to move quickly'. That's why whiskers are the hairs on the lower face that can 'brush' or 'sweep' the air around your cheeks and chin.